Rebekah Sendatzki

Rebekah Sendatzki is a researcher at the Department of Psychological Diagnostics and Differential Psychology within the Faculty of Philosophy I at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. She works in Room E.23 at Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26 in Halle (Saale), Germany. Her research focuses on adult playfulness, particularly in work contexts, dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at (gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism), romantic relationships, and psychological assessment methodologies.

Her research interests span several interconnected domains. She investigates how playfulness manifests in adulthood, especially in professional settings, and how it relates to vocational interests and career choices. She examines the complex relationship between playfulness and romantic relationships, including attachment styles and jealousy. Her work on gelotophobia explores the fear of being laughed at and related phenomena across different contexts. Additionally, she contributes to methodological advancements in psychological assessment, particularly in personality psychology and validity of test instruments.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on the application of playfulness research across multiple domains. Her work demonstrates increasing sophistication in methodological approaches, particularly in dyadic research using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). She has expanded playfulness research from individual contexts to workplace applications and romantic relationships, with a growing emphasis on cross-cultural validity and measurement.

• Graduate scholarship of the State of Saxony-Anhalt for the doctoral project 'Playfulness in Adulthood in a Work-Related Context' (2023-2026)
• Funding within the framework of 'FEMPOWER @ MLU' (2022)
• Young Researcher Scholarship to participate in the DGPs Congress 2022 (2022)

Sendatzki serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for numerous prestigious psychology journals including Journal of Personality, Personality and Individual Differences, and BMC Psychology. She holds editorial positions as Editorial Assistant for Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (2024-) and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology (2023-). She has conducted workshops on the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model and Open Science practices, demonstrating her commitment to methodological rigor and knowledge sharing within the academic community.